26 SEEDS AXD PLANTS IMPORTED. 



52436 to 52448— Continued. 



52437. Elaeocakpus siamensis Craib. Elseocarpacese. 



"(No. SO. Chiengmai. Siam.) A fine ornamental foliage tree, pro- 

 ducing seeds in great abundance. The seeds are used as a narcotic by 

 the Lao. The tree will grow well in Florida." 



A tree about 9 meters high, with densely puberulent young branches 

 and reddish bark. The lanceolate papery leaves are 7 to 14 centimetera 

 long and 2.6 to 6 centimeters wide. The white flowers are in racemes- 

 and have the petals, 5 millimeters long and 4 millimeters wide, fringed' 

 almost to the middle. The tree is found in an evergreen jungle on Dai 

 Sutep at Chiengmai at an altitude of 660 meters. Lao name, Mai Moon. 

 (Adapted from Keiv Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, 1911, p. 23.) 



52438. GossYPiuM sp. Malvaceae. Cotton* 

 " A cotton with a large lint of khaki color. It grows four days' 



journey from Chiengmai. This cotton grows w^ild in the mountains and 

 is now being cultivated in some villages owing to the demand for khaki 

 cotton cloth. It is woven in a village called Lampoon. • Many a soldier's 

 uniform is made from this cotton. I have seen Siamese or Lao officials 

 in brown-cotton uniforms." 



52439. Obyza sativa L. Poacese. Rice. 

 "(No. 94. Chiengmai, Siam.) Black rice, much liked as a breakfast 



food by. the Europeans in Chiengmai. When boiled it is deep purple 

 and has a very fine nutty flavor, quite unlike that of the ordinary rice. 

 It is cultivated exactly like the other rice. The leaves, stalks, etc., are 

 all black, and a field of black rice stands out plainly among the ordinary 

 rice fields. I think that it can be developed as a breakfast food in the 

 States." 



52440 to 52448. Queecus spp. Fagaceae. OaJc. 

 52440 and 52441. Queectjs jtjnghtjhnii Miquel. 



52440. "(No. 88. Chiengmai, Siam.) An oak with edible 

 acorns greatly liked by the Lao people." 



52441. "(No. 90. Chiengmai, Siam.) A variety of No. 88 

 [S. P. I. No. 52440]." 



52442. Qtjercus sp. 



" ( No. 77. Chiengmai, Siam. ) " 



52443. Queecus polystachya Wall. 

 "(No. 78. Chiengmai, Siam.)" • 



52444. Queecus fenesteata Roxb. 

 "(No. 79. Chiengmai, Siam.)" 



52445 and 52446. Queecus thomsoni Miquel, 



52445. "(No. 86, Chiengmai, Siam.)" 



52446. "(No, 89. Chiengmai, Siam,)" 



52447. Qu-EECus keeeh Craib. 

 "(No. 91. Chiengmai, Siam,)" 



52448. Queecus sp. 



"(No, 92. Chiengmai, Siam.)" 



